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Kids and adults in bright red T-shirts are charging to Capitol Hill today to demand climate action from members of Congress.

A House panel today advanced a bill aimed at giving recreational and commercial fishers some relief from a species of water bird prevalent in the Great Lakes region.

A Russian asbestos mining company last month praised President Trump and his administration for downplaying the health risks of the cancer-causing mineral.

Nuclear industry officials scrambled to correct "significant misstatements" by Energy Secretary Rick Perry during a Senate hearing last year, according to emails obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

A federal judge is suggesting that EPA provide speedier public access to the agency chief's calendar, even if the type of access requested is not compelled by the Freedom of Information Act.

The electric power industry, which waged an epic legal battle against EPA's air toxics standards earlier this decade, now wants the regulations kept largely intact and is urging the agency to complete a required follow-up review by a 2020 deadline.

In 2014, Judge Brett Kavanaugh dissented from his colleagues on the D.C. Circuit and wrote that EPA should have considered the costs of regulating power plant emissions. The late Justice Antonin Scalia agreed.

Wyoming has increased the number of wolves hunters are allowed to take this year.

An executive order from Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) aims to improve water quality in Lake Erie by reducing nutrient runoff from farms. The runoff helps fuel toxic algae in the lake.

Arizona parks Director Sue Black is in hot water again.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) yesterday offered condolences to the family of a firefighter who died in a natural gas explosion that destroyed half a city block.

Locals in Baltimore and Washington are very familiar with the heat island effect, in which asphalt and concrete trap heat in urban areas, leading to higher temperatures compared with the surrounding suburbs.

A fired Tesla employee is accusing the company of lying to investors about electric vehicle production and manufacturing batteries with shoddy parts that put the public at risk.

Los Angeles County authorities yesterday ruled to dissolve a troubled water agency accused of providing brown, smelly water to local taps.

Elon Musk said on Twitter yesterday that he will help address lead contamination in Flint, Mich.

EPA has denied a petition by environmental groups asking the agency to reconsider parts of a hazardous pollutant rule for pulp mills issued last October, likely clearing the way for a related lawsuit to proceed.

Ecuador's highest court Tuesday upheld a $9.5 billion ruling against Chevron Corp. for environmental damage, in a win for indigenous tribes.

Red Fawn Fallis of Denver was sentenced yesterday to four years and nine months in federal prison for firing a handgun three times during a Dakota Access oil pipeline protest in North Dakota.

California must end oil and gas drilling in the state to help meet the goals of the Paris Agreement to limit climate impacts, a group of scientists will tell Gov. Jerry Brown (D) today.

A former Apple engineer has been arrested and charged with stealing the company's research on self-driving cars.

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